How common is the surname Cassels?

1,085 people in the United States had the surname Cassels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cassels?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cassels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cassels?

James Cassels, British Army officer (1907–1996).

Where is the surname Cassels most common?

Wikidata records people named Cassels in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cassels getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Cassels

A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cassels is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Castles.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,085 people named Cassels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

#23,432

rank among US surnames

1,085

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,273)

Who is named Cassels

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Cassels identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Casselss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Cassels
British Army officer (1907–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cassels

Casillas

Cassels has the Soundex code C242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C242.

Questions

Where does the surname Cassels come from?: Variant of Castles.
How common is the surname Cassels?: 1,085 people in the United States had the surname Cassels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cassels?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cassels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cassels?: James Cassels, British Army officer (1907–1996).
Where is the surname Cassels most common?: Wikidata records people named Cassels in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Cassels getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, down 5.5%.